Food as medicine. There is a new burger in town. It has more protein than beef, more omegas than salmon, more calcium than milk, more anti-oxidants than blueberries, muscle recovery aids, more fiber, zero cholesterol and lots of B- vitamins. It is a plant-based protein. It's juicy and great for the environment. The Beast Burger does not require massive amounts of water or contribute to global warming. 3/5's of all farmland is used to grow beef and only provides 5 percent of our protein intake. It is estimated that protein consumption will be expected to double by 2050. The Beast Burger manufactured by Beyond Meat in Southern California may hold our future between the bun.
A twin screw extruder ingests plants (pea protein, water, sunflower oil and nutrients) into one end and fibrous bundles of protein comes out of the other end and are formed into patties. While texture has elluded food scientists in the past, Beyond Meat has fooled some top people in the food industry with their meat-like texture perfection.
Investors like Bill Gates who owns his own food-tech company Impossible Foods is taking notice. There is a group of visionaries who want to change the way we make and eat our proteins. Vegan is more than hip; it is a way to lessen the environmental burden and reduce disease in man and beast.
You'll be able to get the Beast Burger this month in select Whole Foods. Keep an eye out for The Beast Burger.
Before you go totally vegan schedule your colonic to make room for these marvelous new protein sources. We change your biome one colonic at a time.
Nanosilver Pesticides - Soup is Served
What is nanosilver and why is it in my soup?
They are tiny size particles of silver that are added to consumer products to kill bacteria. In fact, nanosilver particles are in over 400 consumer products.
Nanosilver is considered a pesticide by the Environmental Protection Agency or EPA. Pesticides must be registered and approved for use, but nanosilver products have flooded the market without review or approval. Nanosilver is in cutting boards, espresso machines, water filters, baby bottles, pots and pans, storage containers, textiles, plastics and refrigerators.
Do you remember the push for consumers to buy plastic cutting boards? The pitch was that they were safer because they inhibited bacterial overgrowth. No one knew about the secret ingredient of nanosilver particles. Sounds like plastic must encourage bacterial, fungal, mold and viral overgrowth.
Buy uncontaminated wood cutting boards. If a product claims that it kills germs; don't buy it or use it. Use standard precautions and old-fashioned soap and water to kill germs.
Nanoparticles can behave differently than macro or micro particle size. Nanoparticles need to be studied because they can evolve and transform their chemical, physical and biological properties. We don't know what happens when these particles are released into the air or in our bodies.
The same is true about other chemicals at low levels. We have an exposure, the chemicals enter our system, change our DNA or RNA transcription and then leave altered cell-to-cell signaling without leaving a trace. Recent studies point to nanosilver having the same potential to stress cells and cause DNA damage.
I am trained to use homeopathy which could be considered nanoparticles. Smaller than Avogadro's number homeopathic remedies can correct impaired frequencies in the body and correct disease patterns and or expression of symptoms.
Some nanosilver products were removed by the EPA in 2014, but manufacturers changed their product label and removed germ-killing claims to avoid EPA enforcement. These products remain on the consumer market.
Nanosilver is approved as a preservative to protect plastics and textiles (non-food contact products) from bacteria, fungi, mold and mildew. This approval does not cover food-contact products that are currently sold without FDA approval. Both the EPA and FDA, our chemical regulatory agencies, admit that they don't fully understand the behavior and toxicity of nanomaterials of all kinds. In June 2014, the FDA declared that it did not have regulatory definitions of anything nano despite the growing number and availability of nano-laden products. Nanoparticles don't stay in place; they migrate out of the original products and are absorbed into our systems.
We witnessed the nanoparticle issues with nanoparticles in sunscreens that were deemed safe for infants and children. Visit Environmental Working Group to find out which sunscreens are safe. They have a wonderful database for household products, foods and more. They are worth every dollar donated.
As a counterpoint to reckless unregulation, Naturopathic physicians in Vermont are not allowed to dispense colloidal silver products to patients. It was removed from Naturopathic formulary because of safety issues.
